easyJet has operated its biggest ever flying programme at Birmingham, up 22% compared to last year.
The airline also carried over two million passengers in its 2025 financial year, a record number and 28% more than last year. This comes as easyJet today reported 9% earnings growth in FY25 with a headline profit before tax £665 million.
easyJet holidays beach packages to Majorca, Sharm-El-Sheikh and Dalaman were the top destinations for holidaymakers from Birmingham in 2025, while Amsterdam, Paris and Berlin proved popular for city break packages. The airline has also confirmed further growth at its Birmingham base, with a sixth A320 family aircraft set to join the fleet from next summer, enabling the airline to offer customers even more choice for flights and holidays across Europe and beyond.
The expansion will also support the local economy, with each UK-based aircraft supporting around 400 direct and indirect jobs and £27m UK gross value added (GVA). New routes to Rome, Inverness and Nice will also take off next summer meaning easyJet now offers an expansive network of 39 routes from Birmingham.
Kevin Doyle, easyJet UK Country Manager, said: “easyJet’s continued success in the Midlands is a clear testament to the continued popularity of our flights and holidays, with a record two million customers choosing us in our 2025 financial year for our trusted brand, unrivalled network and great value fares.
“The growth of our fleet with an additional aircraft in Birmingham next summer will not only support around 400 jobs but is enabling us to further unlock the opportunity of the demand that we see for both leisure and business travel. We are already capturing this opportunity with the launch of three new routes next summer, offering customers greater choice, exceptional value across our unrivalled short-haul network and, in our 30th year, still always aiming to make travel easy.”
Terminal Operations Director, Al Titterington, said: “easyJet, a major airline partner of BHX, has grown significantly since its base launch in March 2024.
“The airline’s growth at the airport, which has gone from strength to strength, shows how it has responded to the market demand with the variety of routes and frequencies that that are on offer to travellers from the region. With 39 holiday and city break destinations, coupled with a great ski programme too, the airline caters for both leisure and business passengers travelling out of BHX.
“We wish easyJet a happy 30th birthday and look forward to working with the airline to further expand its route network, and increasing the number of based aircraft, at Birmingham Airport.” Since launching operations at Birmingham in December 2007, easyJet has carried over nine million customers and offers 39 routes to 21 countries.
Following the launch of easyJet holidays summer 2026 season, beach holidays and city escapes are on sale right up to the end of October 2026. easyJet serves 22 UK airports, offering more than 630 routes to 140 destinations from the UK to Europe and beyond. To discover more about easyJet’s UK network and to book, visit easyJet.com.
